CVE-2008-4131
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allow local users to gain privileges via vectors related to handling of tags with (1) the -t option and (2) the :tag command in the (a) vi, (b) ex, (c) vedit, (d) view, and (e) edit programs.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.8% (56th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4114)
- Published
- September 19, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4114 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31895(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31907
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020898
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237987-1(Patch)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-387.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31229
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2614
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45218
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5884
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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